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Now that the weather is getting colder, I long CHAPTER CHATTER e-mail: [email protected] Todd Robinson EMCS BoD ACTIVITIES for the sunny climate of southern California. CKC Laboratories, Inc. I trust the uniqueness of the Long Beach Symposium comes 5473A Clouds Rest Janet Nichols O’Neil Mariposa, CA 95338 ETS-Lindgren through in this issue. It is full of articles on Symposium activity relat- 209.966.5240 x207 1301 Arrow Point Drive ed to the technical program, standards, awards, professional develop- fax: 209.742.6133 Cedar Park, TX 78613 e-mail: [email protected] 425.868.2558 ment (iNARTE), education, and exhibitors. We also have our regular e-mail: [email protected] COMPLETED CAREERS articles included for you to enjoy. Donald N. Heirman EMCS EDUCATION It was a pleasure working with the EMC 2011 Symposium Chair 143 Jumping Brook Road COMMITTEE Lincroft, NJ 07738-1442 Tom Jerse, Professor Ray Adams of Boeing and his dedicated committee on the 2011 IEEE 732.741.7723 The Citadel – Dept. of ECE International Symposium on EMC in Long Beach. Ray and his team fax: 732.530.5695 171 Moultrie Street e-mail: [email protected] Charleston, SC 29409 are to be commended for an excellent and memorable Symposium. 843.953.7499 EMC DESIGN TIPS e-mail: [email protected] I’ve included some photos in my letter showing EMC engineers Bruce Archambeault who traveled great distances to attend the Symposium, celebrating IBM, P. O. 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Please direct all inquiries or requests to procedures, instrumentation, equipment and systems characteristics, interference control tech- IEEE Copyrights Office. niques and components, education, computational analysis, and spectrum management, along with scientific, technical, industrial, professional or other activities that contribute to this field. ISSN 1089-0785 IEEE prohibits discrimination, harassment, and bullying. For more information, visit http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/whatis/policies/p9-26.html. 33 President’s Message Francesca Maradei, President, IEEE EMC Society This is the final President’s Message I will be writing as my two- year term is imminent. Serving as President of the IEEE EMC Count of EMC-S Members 1,200 Society (EMC-S) for the calendar years 2010 and 2011 has been 1,036 a great honor and a very exciting and challenging experience. I 1,000 have appreciated the many opportunities that have come my way 800 674 and it has been great to meet so many of our members all over 602 the world at conferences and other social and technical occasions. 600 382 400 On January 1, 2012 Ghery Pettit will take over the duties of 266 285 283 272 President. Many of you may know Ghery for his dedication and 200 131 95 long experienced service to the EMC Society as Vice President for Conferences (2009–2010) and Vice President for Communi- 0 cation Services (2005–2008). I ask each of you to give him your full support and encouragement just as you have done so for me. Region Region1 Region2 Region3 Region4 Region 5 Region6 Region 7 Region8 9 Region 10 I certainly will be there to help and support him as Immediate IEEE Region Past President. That will be my commitment for the next two years. As Past President, one of my duties will be to encourage many of you to run for the EMC Society Board of Directors Activities (TA) Strategic Plan. It outlines the EMC-S mission, (BoD). If you have ever thought you might be interested in vision and strategic goals for the coming 5 years. running for the BoD please, do not hesitate to contact me. I am The mission of the EMC-S was defined as follows: looking forward assisting those interested in being nominated to run for the Board of Directors as a Director-at-Large. “To foster the development and facilitate the exchange of scien- tific and technological knowledge in the discipline of electromag- netic environmental effects and electromagnetic compatibility, as Accomplishments and New Directions detailed in the EMCS’s field of interest (FOI), and promote As my term as President is winding down, I would like to take this literary, educational and professional aspects thereof, that ben- opportunity to summarize some of the important accomplishments efit members, the profession and humanity.” of our Society over the past two years, as well as new initiatives.